To those who have doubted that Robert Mugabe is an unrepentant tribalist who initiated Gukurahundi on tribal lines, they should now have no reason to doubt.

His ranting against the Kalanga people, calling them uneducated crooks and thugs that are fanning Xenophobia in SA is telling. For 35 years Mugabe has used such divide and rule tactics to maintain power.

A candidate in the upcoming elections, former Zanu (PF) provincial chairman, Temba Mliswa, has made serious ellegations that traditional leaders in Hurungwe West were assaulted in the presence of senior Zanu (PF) officials and police.

The reason they were assaulted was that they support Mliswa according to the reputable newspaper, Newsday, which has published the story having established its veracity, but Zanu (PF) officials are denying that this happened.

Surely if Mrs Rita Makarau is an electoral commissioner worthy of the name, in the interest of protecting the integrity of the election, she should immediately, before the evidence is erased, go to Hurungwe and establish what went on.

The face of a Zanu (PF) Thug (Thugress?) Mrs Auxilia Mnangagwa who is likely to be First Lady if Robert Mugabe does not complete his term.

Heal Zimbabwe, a transitional justice ngo, has condemned the intimidation and threats being perpetrated by the Deputy President, Emmerson Mnangagwa's wife, Auxilia.

ZANU (PF) MP for Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe constituency, Mrs Mnangagwa is accused of having confronted the MDC-T Chairperson for Ward 11, James Mavedzenge, whom she forced to denounce his support for the MDC-T.

When he obliged, she threatened that soldiers would beat him up if he does not bring other suspected MDC-T supporters in the ward so that they can also publicly denounce their party.